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Question about body parts


C&K*s Mommie wrote: I was not sure of where to ask this, since it applies to parent of children of most ages. If this is not appropiate I completely understand.

Did/do you use nicknames for body parts when talking to your children?
About when did you give the true name to the human anatomy to your children?

I ask because Kellie (our 2y/o) has been asking/talking lately about body parts, and I have told her what things are. With the exception of one part of the female anatomy that we call the "hoo-hoo", she goes to say that her sister Christian has one, and even daddy. I correct her and say that "no daddy does not have a hoo-hoo", and I leave it at that. I am not so sure if I should be honest with her now, or just dance around the subject and wait another year or two when she is a wee bit older and be honest then. I find it easier to be honest, if Christian were to ask since she is a little older, and may understand more clearly than Kellie might at this age.

What did/do you do when asked about body parts?

CantWait replied: Anthony knows the correct terms for his / and hers, and those are the only ones we use.

BAC'sMom replied: Not sure Nicole blink.gif We have always just called that area our “privates“ and so far that has worked for us.

luvmykids replied: We started out generic, just calling either one a "pee pee" but then when they potty trained it got confusing ... pee pee goes in the potty unsure.gif

Now we use the anatomically correct terms when directly asked but say "privates" in general talk.

Hillbilly Housewife replied: We say private area or privates unless talking specifically about them. Then we use the real terms. They get get all giggly though... because I do. rolleyes.gif blush.gif It's a real joke to go to the bathroom and say "fart" or "butt"... we had to make it a "rule" that potty words could only be used in the bathroom, because they'd make each other (and me, behind my cupboards) giggle talking about bums emlaugh.gif

msoulz replied:
Same here.

ZandersMama replied: zander calls his a bird, (thanks mom!) but when he sees me undressed undressed he calls mine a bum tongue.gif

PrairieMom replied: The Boy has a peppy, and the gilr has girly bits. blush.gif

I know we should be using the real names for things, but for some reason I can't get the words to come out of my mouth. blush.gif

MyLuvBugs replied: LOL laugh.gif Lorelei thinks DH has a hoo-hoo also. LOL laugh.gif But I keep telling her.."No, Daddy has a wee wee. Only little girls like you and mommy have a hoo-hoo." Ahhhh, the new code language we learn as parents rolleyes.gif laugh.gif

But Everything else she know's the right words for (including Butt...that's her new fave rolleyes.gif ) I think we'll wait until she's in 2nd or 3rd grade before we start introducing the words Vagina and Penis to her. KWIM? She'll be old enough then to maybe understand. But until then...they're hoo-hoo and wee-wee. laugh.gif

Cece00 replied: We use the words penis, vagina and breasts.

mckayleesmom replied: We call McKaylee's a Gynee prounounced jy-knee, but she also knows the correct term too.

Russells we call a Tallywacker, and they know the correct terms for that too.

MyLuvBugs replied:
That's what my mom calls boy parts too!! rolling_smile.gif

Crystalina replied: We call girl parts a "cookie". rolleyes.gif My sister had the first daughter so that's what she called it and I just adopted it. We say that the girls have Cookie Power because being a girl is wonderful. So far we have never misunderstood the cookie for the actual ediable cookie. Funny but it has never been an issue for her.

Evan's we call a dickey-doo. I don't know why either except that I used it one day and it just kind of stuck. I never use the real "D" word for the male anatomy so I have no idea why I pulled it out for him but it works.

For breasts we used to use the word "chi-chis" but when Evan came along he changed it to "beep-beeps". rolleyes.gif That is because when he was done bf or just laying on my chest he would always poke them and say "beep-beep" blush.gif Now when we pass the bra section in Wal-Mart he yells, "look Mommy! Beep-beeps." It never fails. rolleyes.gif

A&A'smommy replied: well we have been using pee pee blush.gif but I like hoo hoo better and boobys are boobys blush.gif jeremiah started that one though he would yell mommy has boobys whenever I"m changing (and I turn out) and then when we were in the store she would do the same thanks dear!!! blush.gif blush.gif

TANNER'S MOM replied: We say privates.. and butt..tushy's.. Here wipe your tusyi..don't make me swat your tusy

Everyone is now old enuff to say the real word..and we aren't comfortable with it. Brittany will pop off with the V word.. just to see Randy go red.

Tanner will say Penis..when rhyming and just laugh. For some abnormal reason I am more comfortable with penis then vagina.. Maybe b/c I don't want to go into detail yet with the exact difference. Though he knows!

Boobs are boobs.. I despise the T word and no one can ever say that.

coasterqueen replied: We use privates or pee-pee and butt. Breasts are breasts. I hate all other terms for them and will not accept Dh calling them anything else but that. happy.gif

Kylie is always confused why mom's private area looks different than hers. I have yet to address her confusion. blush.gif

She keeps asking HOW babies come out of mommy's tummy....can't explain that one yet either. blush.gif

toady_buckshot_noodle replied: AnaBeth has a "hynie" and Tristan has a "peepee". they call breasts "boobies". They are 6 and 4 and still take baths together sometimes and it has not been an issue "yet" but that is about to stop.

holley79 replied: Even as adults we use the words "cookie" or "hoo hoo". Boys have wee wees. Don't know when we will give the correct words to Annika.

C&K*s Mommie replied: That is the same with me. I am more comfortable with saying penis, too.

Boo&BugsMom replied:
We call the male part the "wee wee". I don't have a girl so I am not sure what we would call the female part. I like "hoo hoo"! I had a friend whose daughter said it was her "girl butt".

I don't know how others feel, but I have a personal issue with teaching my child the 'correct' anatomy terminology. Something about a 4 year old walking around saying "penis" doesn't suite me right, but that's just me. blush.gif I know him, and he'll repeat it over and over in public!

Tanner does know that girls are different than boys, he just doesn't know why. Having daycare at home, the kids notice when it's something like swim day and they are all changing into their swim suits. Kids are smart, they notice those things. Lately I have had to seperate them though because they like to stare blink.gif ...UGH! Kids!

I'm not sure when I will explain the actual names. I mean, I don't want my 10 year old to still be calling his thing a "wee wee". I think I'll just take it one day at a time and see when he's ready. If I told him now........he'd be walking aroung in public repeating the word "penis" every minute. I don't want that right now. You should have heard him when he learned the word "boobie"...not fun! wacko.gif

Oh, and boobs, we just call boobs. He knows what nipples are (he asked about his one day) too and calls them nipples. For some reason I don't have a problem with that word, don't know why.

redchief replied:
That's what we did.

Hillbilly Housewife replied:
My kids repeat it over and over at the dinner table... they think it's hilarious...probably because I get all tongue tied and red. Great... my kids are 3 and 2, and already like to make me uncomfortable... blush.gif rolling_smile.gif

luvbug00 replied: Mya knows the proper names of her gentilia but we still call her bum her "quackers" and her ladies parts a "beans". used together when i tell her to clean herself like in the baths it's "quacker beans"

Boo&BugsMom replied:
Yep! I can just picture him doing that! Running the daycare and all too, I don't want him teaching his friends the words. That would be a handful...6 little preschoolers running around saying "PENIS, PENIS, VAGINA, VAGINA"! New words are sooooooooooo hilarious at that age... rolleyes.gif huh.gif wacko.gif ! I just don't want that right now, or the weight of the parents eyes gleaming at me while they hear they precious child yell "BREASTS!" blush.gif

My3LilMonkeys replied: Brooke knows Butt, boobs, and nipples (although I don't think she understands that women have nipples - she only knows that daddy has them). We haven't gotten into any other parts yet, but when we do we will probably teach her the real words but generally call them privates.

MyBrownEyedBoy replied:

We called it the "front bottom" in our house growing up.

Logan knows "peepee" and "bum"


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